ABSTRACT
Jennifer Bloomer begins her book, Architecture and the Text: The (S)crypts of Joyce and Piranesi , by (dis)claiming:
All conventional scholarly work (“original research”) is written in the implied first person. Under the mask of objectivity, “I am interested in” becomes “The focus of this study is.” The following… make(s) no claim at objectivity: it represent(s) the residue of my self, my cultural condition, my passion (love and hate) for architecture. The non-neutrality of language and history (and architecture) are my concerns. (3)
